Hand-power hay-press.



E; 0. 'E EvEs. HAND POWER HAY PRESS.

APPLIUATION I'll-311L001. 1, 1909.

987,913., Patented 111112 1911.

v v 53 if V j 52 g I 1a J7 10 i 25 ,7 o Z/ r I; 0 1g f 1 24 15 5 14 w QI \1 Invent Attorney TTNTTED %TATE% PATENT FOUNTAIN OSCAR REEVES, OFVANIDERVOORT, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ()NE-HALF T0 HENRY M. WILKINS, 0FVANDERVOORT, ARKANSAS.

HAND-POWER HAY-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 235, 1.911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FOUNTAIN O. REEVES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vandervoort, in the county of Polk and State of Arkansas,have invented a new and useful Hand-Power Hay-Press, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to hand power hay presses.

The objects of the invention are to improve and simplify theconstruction of such devicesas well as to increase their efficiency inoperation and to decrease the expense attending their manufacture anduse.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification2-Figure l is a perspective view of a hand power hay press constructedin accordance with the present invention, the legs or supports thereforbeing broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through thedevice shown in Fig. 1.

Like reference numerals indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawing.

The hay press of the present invention is constructed preferably'with arectangular pressing chamber 1 having at one end there of an inlet orhopper 2 which is mounted upon the upper portion of the pressingchamber. At the end thereof opposite the inlet hopper 2 the pressingchamber 1 is provided with a door 3 which is secured in position in anysuitable manner such as by means of the hinges 4 and is adapted to belocked in closed position in any desired man ner such for example, as bymeans of the latch or other locking device 5. For the purpose offacilitating the application of the tie wire to the bale, after it hasbeen compressed, grooves or openings 6 are formed in the side walls 7 ofthe pressing chamber 1, the bracing members or strips 8 of said pressingchamber extending across the grooves 6 as shown. The portion or board,of the side walls 7, between the grooves 6, at each side of the pressingchamher 1, preferably is longitudinally extended as indicated at 9 so asto form an end frame in which the operating parts of the hay press aremounted. The two extensions 99 of the hay press preferably are connectedwith each other at their upper edges by the cross piece 10 and areprovided with downward extensions or standards 11 which are connected attheir lower ends in any suitable manner with the longitudinallyextending sills 12 of the hay press. The longitudinal sills 12preferably are extended beyond the standards 11 and are connected witheach other by the cross piece 13.

For the purpose of strengthening the frame work generally and thestandards 11 in particular, braces 1 are employed, said braces restingat their lower ends upon the sills l2 and being suitably connected attheir upper ends with the standards 11. The extension 9 of the sidepieces of the frame, adjacent their lower ends, are connected with eachother by the longitudinally extending cross piece 15 shown in Fig. 2,said cross piece having depending flanges 16 by means of which it issecured to the inner surfaces of the longitudinal extension 9. Restingupon the cross piece 15 between the extensions 9, is a plunger rod orshank 17 which, adjacent its forward ends, extends under ananti-friction roller 18 and is formed with a reduced forward end 19which is fitted into and connected with the plunger head 20.

The means for operating the plunger 20 preferably comprises a mainoperating lever 23 which is journaled at 24 at a pointapproximatelybelow the lower portion of the plunger rod or shank 17. At its lower endthe operating lever 23 is connected at 24 with a link 25 which hasstrapped or otherwise secured at 26 to its forward end a bifurcatedbracket 27 the opposite sides of which are pivotally connected at 28with opposite sides of the plunger rod 'or shank 17 as shown. By movingthe upper end of the operating lever 23 rearwardl the link 25 serves tofeed the plunger 20 forward as will be readily understood.

The means for withdrawing the plunger 20 to inoperative position afterthe bale of hay has been pressed in the usual manner, consistspreferably of a spring 30 provided with straight links or connectingpieces 81 and 32, the connecting piece or link 32 being connected withthe upper end of the lever :23 and the connecting piece or link 31 beingconnected with a plate which is bolted to an upper cross piece 34:extending across the lower end of the hopper 2 as shown.

The hay press of the present invention is strong, simple, durable andinexpensive in construction as well as thoroughly efiicient andpractical in operation.

hat is claimed as new is 2- 1. In a hay press, the combination with ahorizontally disposed pressing chamber provided with a door at one endand a hopper at the other end, of a plunger provided with a shank, aroller arranged above the shank, and an operating lever having a linkconnected with said shank.

2. A hay press comprising a horizontally disposed pressing chamberhaving a door at one end provided with means for locking the the same, ahopper at the other end having inclined walls, a plunger in saidpressing chamber, a shank connected with said plunger, anti-frictionmeans engaging the upper surface of said shank and an operating leverpivoted approximately in the same plane as the-lower surface of saidshank, a spring connected with the upper portion of said op eratinglever and the lower portion of said hopper, a link connected with thelower end of said lever, and a bifurcated member connected with saidlink and pivotally mounted on opposite sides of the shank of saidplunger.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FOUNTAIN OSCAR REEVES.

Vitnesses S. S. KIRK,

R. J. Moons.

Copies of this patent mav be obtained. for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington. D. 0.

